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WOBURN, Mass. (AP) -- A man in Massachusetts has been convicted of killing his wife and 11-year-old stepson out of anger over the time she spent with members of her Mormon church.
The jury found Jeremias Bins guilty of two counts of first-degree murder Tuesday for the 2006 slayings. He was sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison.
His wife, 37-year-old Carla Souza, was an active member of the Framingham ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
About two hours before killing Souza and 11-year-old Caique, Bins called ward members and told them he did not want "you missionaries" at his home any more.
After he killed the mother and son, he took a cab to the Framingham police station and confessed.
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